Death By A-Salt
Customer: “I checked your flyer and it said that [Major Brand] margarine was on sale this week.”
Me: “I don’t believe so, but I will check our flyer to see.”
(As I’m flipping through the pages she stops when she sees an advertisement for a sale.)
Customer: “See, right there. It says save $2.98.”
Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but it says save $2.98 when you buy [Company Brand] Margarine, not [Major Brand].”
Customer: “Oh. Well, my husband needs the salt-free kind, and [Company Brand] doesn’t make a salt-free.”
Me: “That’s not the one that’s on sale.”
Customer: “He needs a salt-free kind.”
Me: “Then you’ll have to buy the [Major Brand] one.”
Customer: “But it’s not on sale, and he needs a salt-free.”
Me: “Yes, I heard you ma’am, but if [Company Brand], doesn’t make a salt-free margarine, then you will have to buy the [Major Brand].”
Customer: “You don’t understand. My husband needs a salt-free margarine. If he has a normal margarine, it will spike his sodium and he’ll die.”
Me: “Then you’ll have to buy the [Major Brand].”
Customer: “But it’s not on sale.”
Me: “Well, there’s nothing I can do about it, ma’am.”
Customer: “You really don’t care anything about my husband’s health, do you? You don’t care that he could die so easily do you?”
Me: “Ma’am, it’s not that I don’t care. You can buy the salt-free [Major Brand].”
Customer: “But that margarine isn’t on sale! You are just going to stand there and murder my husband!”
